So after Mall Of America in Minnesota, the Road Tripping Rabbis are on the road once again. This week we head for Vancouver, finishing whats left of the east-west journey. We pass through some states which most people know about either because they paid too much attention during high school or they collect state quarters.
Video: Road Tripin’ Rabbis – Montana & Vancouver
So after Mall Of America in Minnesota, the Road Tripping Rabbis are on the road once again. This week we head for Vancouver, finishing whats left of the east-west journey. We pass through some states which most people know about either because they paid too much attention during high school or they collect state quarters.
From Minnesota going west, first up is North Dakota. We stop there once for gas and meet a guy who is 24 and has never been to a bigger city than Minnesota. He gets a Sheva Mitzvas B’nei Noach card, and we’re moving on.
Tuesday morning we daven shachris at the (only) Chabad of Montana in Bozeman, with Rabbi Chiam Shaul Bruk. After some chizuk and directions we pass through the beautiful Glacier National Park on our way to Vancouver.
Thursday. After a long day of driving and a short drive through Idaho (see map) we blow out a tire in Washington State over Lake Washington on the Rosellini Bridge (picture in the video). We call the very understanding and open housed Morozow family, explaining that we would be pulling in very late. “No problem we’ll just leave the door open” was the response. Absolutely amazing.
Head out early friday morning, arrive in Vancouver friday afternoon, hit the local mall for some mivtzoyim, and (finally) settle in for some much needed shabbos rest. We spend shabbos by local shliach to Richmond VA, Rabbi Beidleman and his family.
Sunday we meet up with two friends running the camp Vancouver, Zalmy Yanover, and Zalman Dubravsky and together we tackle Granville Island, spreading the good word to the artsy folk.
Stay tuned, next up is Seattle, Washington and the southern journey down the west coast.
Thanks for your continued interest and support!
meir
great work RTRs! keep on trucken.
Michoel Segal
These bochurim mean well but they are not making a kiddush shem lubavitch.why don’t they d’ress and act in the refined manner expected of a chossid?everyone can wear whatever they like and behave as they wish when they are on their own turf.But when one goes out and publicly represent the Rebbe,Lubavitch and all of Chassidis ,they have to realize that the way they look and act matters.they know that not the Rebbe nor a real chossid looks or behaves in such a manner. I am tired of cringing when I see this as a representation of lubavitch-because they are having ahavas yisroel and love every yid!!!yipeedoodledo.get dressed like a mentch behave like a chossid AND then go love every jew.I love these guys and would do anything to help them, but please be careful when you represent all of chassidus chabad
@ Michoel
a dress code does not define hu a person is. everyone can do an act of kindness…not just chasidish looking ppl. u dont know anything about these bochurim whatsoever, so dont judge..i believe thats a commandment in the torah. u cringe? yay 4 u, everyone clap their hands. but until u know these bochurim & their mission personally, dnt talk sir. how abt u call Rabbi Perlman in Wilkes-Barre, PA & find out. i am discussed that a fellow jew would b ”cringing” @ another jew 4 doing what is right.
Boruch Lurie (South Africa)
GO ZALMY YANOVER
LOVE THE LURIE FAMILY- SOUTH AFRICA
To no 2 - a close friend
What you said is true but these guys grew up chabad left and just came back recently so I don’t think it is fare to judge them by ther clothing when they understand more thell dress that way
your sis
GO ZALMMY!
luv your sis
michoel-apprppriate dress
Reb yid,you got me wrong. I don’t question their good, well meaning intentions.Plus,I do not put blame on them,because they are not to blame, nor are they the only ones. If as the other gentleman says, these areboys on the road back,ma toiv uma noim.They are alot better than me because I did not make so many positive changes in my life.I don’t look down on them m’limaalo l’mato.
When I say that I cringe, I do and so do many ,many ,many others.
There ARE cha sidishe ways, there IS
a chassidishe derech, nobody would do this and be proud to stand like thatbefore the rebbe,but today we allow ourselves what we wouldn’t dare do if we knew we had to pass by the
rebbe later.
This is not their fault nor anyone else’s but that doesn’t make it a preferable way to be a chossid. I am proud and touched that they are making such huge positive changes, and actually humbled. But my point remains.You are right that one doesn’t have to be chassidish to do good things.That’s accctually my point exactly.but they are going as chassidim- then they have to look like a chossid does and behaves in a manner that chassidim do.As private good guys doing good things and kind dthings they do as they like.They actually can do as they like no matter what some old man says(me).I am only saying the inyon as it is.you are taking issue with me, look into the inyan bichlal.Do as you please ,just be honest and not because you don’t like a part of being a chossid ,does it mean that that inyon doesn’t exist or is not inportant and valuable and meaningful.again, they are sweet boys, and the the blame is not on them but rather on the new wave of chassidus, that everyone is swallowing because it is very politically incorrect to say the truth. love you guys..